You see - there's the problem. I would. I will never feel good about a government that does bad things in support of causes I may align with - you can't trust that stuff. Treat issues and people fairly and equally. We deserve to be afforded that much. I don't want to be right or to win, I want our leadership to approach governance fairly.
I believe in fairness as something that should be applied broadly. I don't want 'rules for thee but not for me', that's not the spirit or language of the declaration of independence or the constitution. There have been edits to recognize the concept of citizenship and voting to further update that language over time, and in the end it still holds that we should all be afforded the same rights, whether we were born here or simply as guests.
My problem with what happened to this woman is that she's being sent somewhere without due process, and without precedent, via a highly politicized process that can be very easily evolve into new precedent for how political adversaries are treated, or even those presumed to be adversaries. There is clear historic precedent for where acts like this tend to go over time - they become less judicious and sweep more broadly, with the standard of error becoming less relevant in time. I know this because I studied history as part of a healthy liberal arts education that upheld the sciences AND the humanities. Many young people today are offered academics that prioritize either STEM, or curricula based in religion. Many still are taught at home, outside of the classroom and away from input from a multitude of view points. It's very easy to miss the nuances of history, and how those patterns repeat, when time isn't taken to explore and understand these things.
I believe in free speech, and I believe there is a standard of decency that should be honored when speaking. I won't shout "fire" in a crowded theatre because that can cause panic and lead to people becoming trampled. I also won't make baseless accusations about someone in order to manipulate the uneducated to do my bidding. I believe that without these standards, we are dead and valueless. We're no longer a civilization, but hungry zombies swiping at one another.
